THE ARTS JOURNAL - General Information


The Arts Forum emerged in 2002 out of the need to support the creative arts and to give space and voice to artists in Guyana whose works were under-represented and hardly existed in the national consciousness.

The work of THE ARTS FORUM is to hold art exhibitions, organize lectures, workshops, seminars and other related activities that might increase awareness of the relevance of the humanities, art and culture to individual growth and development and, hence, to national life.

The Arts Forum Inc. was incorporated as an independent non-profit company in 2004 when its work was broadened with the publication of THE ARTS JOURNAL, the first critical journal of the Arts in Guyana.

The Arts Journal is a peer-reviewed critical Journal published twice yearly in single issues or once yearly in a double issue.

The Arts Journal is devoted to the critical and scholarly study of the written literatures, the oral traditions, the visual culture and cultural expressions of Guyana, the wider Caribbean and their Diasporas. It is hoped that the Journal will contribute towards deepening our understanding of ourselves as products and inheritors of rich and diverse civilizations who share a complex history of struggle for selfhood and, above all, a common humanity.

The editors invite submission of articles that critically examine the history, the literary, visual and cultural traditions and artefacts of Guyana and the Caribbean, as well as book reviews and creative writing.

Submissions for consideration should be sent as E-mail attachments in MSWord File Format version 2001 or earlier to ameenagf@guyana.net.gy in addition to three (3) hard copies by post to the Editor, with the author’s name, postal and e-mail addresses on a separate sheet of paper. All submissions should be in English and no longer than 5,000 words. A one-page abstract (250 words) should accompany each article as well as a brief biography (50 words or less). Notes must be gathered at the end of the manuscript, and should conform to accepted styles and conventions for academic writing in the discipline. Unused manuscripts will be returned if pre-paid envelopes are enclosed.

All correspondence and books for review should be addressed to: The Editor, The Arts Journal, 48 Eping Avenue, Georgetown, Guyana,  South America Telephone: (592) 227 6825; Fax: (592) 225 0712.

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The Arts Journal is published by The Arts Forum Inc. with Registered Offices at 48 Eping Avenue, Bel Air Park, Georgetown, Guyana, South America.


EDITOR

Ameena Gafoor



EDITORIAL BOARD


Alim Hosein
University of Guyana,

Tota Mangar
University of Guyana,

Bernadette Persaud
Artist
University of Guyana

Emeritus Professor  Kenneth Ramchand
University of the West Indies

Professor  Brinsley Samaroo
University of the West Indies

Professor  Clem Seecharan
London Metropolitan University

Professor Verene Shepherd
University of the West Indies

Janice Lowe Shinebourne
Writer
London


EDITORIAL ADVISORS
Rasheed Araeen
Art Historian
London

Professor Hilary Beckles
University of the West Indies

Professor Frank Birbalsingh
York University

Professor Vibert Cambridge
Ohio University

Professor Cyril Dabydeen
University of Ottawa

Professor David Dabydeen
University of Warwick

Pat Dial
Historian - Guyana

Dr Desrey Fox
University of Guyana

Carl Hazlewood
New York

Dr Kumar Mahabir
Cultural Anthropologist
Trinidad

Professor Sr. Mary Noel Menezes
Historian - Guyana

Professor Winston McGowan
University of Guyana

Dr Mark McWatt
University of the West Indies

Dr Evelyn O’Callaghan
University of the West Indies

Dr Rita Pemberton
University of the West Indies

Professor Gita Rajan
Hamilton College, New York

Professor Victor J. Ramraj
University of Calgary

Dr Ian Robertson
University of the West Indies

Dr Gemma Robinson
University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

The views expressed in The Arts Journal are those of their respective authors and not necessarily those of the Editor, the Editorial and Advisory Boards of the Journal, or the Directors of The Arts Forum Inc. or the Distributors, Stockists or Agents of The Arts Journal

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ISSN: 1728-7723